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Hahniidae  Bertkau, 1878 / Cicurina  Menge, 1871   3 species

Cicurina japonica  (Simon, 1886)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022155

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Description

Male palp with almost globular patella, thicker than tibia. Tibial apophysis long and paddle-shaped. Conductor with 2 spiral twists, second one distinctly projecting. Embolus long and thin. Epigyne with large groove, large receptacula seminis and medially convoluted entrance ducts visible through epigyne. Prosoma pale yellow with distinctive thoracic furrow, lenses of posterior eye row partly variably reduced. Chelicerae with large basal segments and 3 teeth on anterior furrow margin. Opisthosoma oval, pale yellow, moderately densely haired. Spinnerets weakly conical.

Body length male: 2.1-3.3 mm
Body length female: 2.1-3.3 mm
Additional information

In open locations with much stony debris, imported to Central Europe

This species of Asian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2021): Korea, Japan. Introduced to Europe
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

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male Pedipalp
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pantini & Isaia 2008)

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male Conductor
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

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male Eyes, dorsal view
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

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male Tibia
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

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female Epigyne
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

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female Epigyne
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Pantini & Isaia 2008)

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female Eyes, dorsal view
(Wunderlich & Hänggi 2005)

Distribution List
Denmark   (no references) ||| Germany   (no references) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Switzerland   (no references) |||
References

Hänggi A, Stäubli A (2012) Nachträge zum „Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen“: 4. Neunachweise von 2002 bis 2011. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 59-76 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2008) New records for the Italian spider fauna (Arachnida, Araneae). Arthropoda Selecta 17: 133-144 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). http://araneae.it. Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (03.01.2021) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J, Hänggi A (2005) Cicurina japonica (Araneae: Dictynidae) - eine nach Mitteleuropa eingeschleppte Kräuselspinnenart. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 29: 20-24 pdf

Updates
03-09-2013 Image insert